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Science is often pushed to the end of the day and allotted very little time, but it simply does not have to be that way. Our little learners need an enriching time of hands-on experiences with science lessons. They are little explorers and inventors who are eager to “get their hands dirty”—and they should! These blog posts are here to help you integrate science throughout your day and keep your little learners enthused about science.
Often times I hear Texas teachers say, “I’d love to teach more thematically, but those things just aren’t in our curriculum.” They are right. We don’t have scarecrows, bats, or spiders. But we do have science standards and reading standards that allow us to work in these FUN and engaging topics! The Reading TEKS areMore
Oh, how I have missed blogging lately! Life hast just been super busy with “nesting” both at home and school. I have 4 weeks left. Count ’em…1…2….3…4!!!! AHHH! We are getting so excited about meeting our little guy! Anyway, on to insects! Lately we have been enjoying insects in our classroom as we have doveMore
Spring simply lends itself to exploring living and nonliving things in the classroom. It’s so simple to begin to explain the characteristics of each because they are easily found around us as animals and plants grow and change. It’s a concept so simple, yet the students always have so much fun exploring it! *Amazon affiliateMore
I seriously have told myself about 100 times lately, “I must sit down and blog. I really need to blog. I should spend some time and blog.” As much as I want to, I just haven’t had time. When I have had time, I’m busy working on things for my classroom! With going back toMore
One of my favorite things I started last year was a science journal. I had tried it before, but it was never consistent, and it was always a flop. This year, a teammate said, “I went to a workshop on science journaling and I’m going to do it!” Things are always more fun with youMore
Happy 4th of July!!! What a privilege it is to live in America and be free!!! To be honest, I struggle at times with why the Lord picked me to be born and raised here. Not all are. It’s easy to be a Christian in America; that’s not the case in other places. I amMore
We have been up to all kinds of great fun in our class this week so far! With Monday being Earth Day, we hit the ground running! We read one of my FAVORITE books, Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel. We then got busy on our Earth Day writing and crayon resists. Didn’t they turn out precious?!More
I think they call it “problem solving” within the math realm for a reason! Ya’ll, this is TOUGH for my kids! Maybe it’s the just the way the problems are worded and how they have to secretly solve for “x”….(HELLO ALGEBRA IN FIRST GRADE!!!), but it is just plain hard. After teaching it for 3More
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Last week was CRA-ZY! Every last week of the 6 weeks (really 5!), I feel like I’m going crazy! Assessments, grades, and wild kids! Part of it is my fault because the last day is always “catch-up” day. We finished up our Small Moment books and used our self assessment, Build-a-Turkey to see how manyMore
I don’t know about you guys, but my week has been FULL of ENERGY! Thankfully, we had a smaller group towards the end of the week so the sugar high wasn’t as high as it could have been. This week we have finished up learning about forms of energy. I just wanted to share whatMore
This week we learned about solids changing to liquids and liquids changing to solids! We used pop-ice and discussed their properties. They easily saw that it was a liquid as I busted one ALL over my pants!! The worst part was that it was RIGHT before an assembly. It even turned my seat cushion blue!More
It has been yet another busy week at our house! I realized this morning that I didn’t snap many pictures of what we did in the classroom. Our wonderful teammate who plans science went to a great workshop this summer about journaling in Science. All of what we do pretty much can be put intoMore
WOW! I haven’t posted since October?! Holy moly! Well, believe me, we have been busy in our little classroom! I’ll just catch you up with some pictures of what we have been doing. Okay, to help keep this organized, I’m going to back date these posts. 🙂 We did a short unit with magnets. First,More
This week we talked about properties of objects during our science time. We began by observing some objects. I hid a few objects under a towel, then revealed them for 30 seconds, and then asked the kids to describe what they saw. As they described them, we made this (crooked, awfully plain) chart. We onlyMore
I’m really big on the kids journaling about their learning experiences. In our class, we each have a math journal and a science journal. We also have a class math journal, which is just a 1/2 chart that I have covered and made all pretty. As I’m trying to work ahead, I was sprucing upMore
